| A | B |
|---|
| absurd | ridiculously fake |
| acrophobia | fear of high places |
| acute | sharp |
| agoraphobia | fear of open or public places |
| ailuros | cat |
| allusion | reference to a person or event, etc |
| amiably | good natured |
| audacity | boldness |
| audiophile | person interested in the quality of sound reproduction |
| bibliophile | collector/lover of books |
| claustrum | enclosed spaces |
| climax | most emotional and intense part of the plot |
| cower | to cringe in fear |
| derision | ridicule |
| dynamic character | changes as a result of the story's events |
| exposition | includes the setting, initial problem and characters |
| external conflict | a character struggles with outside forces |
| facades | fronts of buildings |
| falling action | events that lead to the resolution |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues to suggest events that will occur later in the plot |
| idiom | an expression that means something different than the literal meaning of the words |
| inference | an educated guess |
| introspective | looking inward |
| internal conflict | takes place within the character's own mind |
| malicious | deliberately harmful or mean |
| object | purpose or goal |
| obscure | hide |
| opportunist | a person who takes advantage |
| parallel episodes | repeated element of the plot |
| -phile | love of |
| -phobia | fear of |
| plot | chain of related evens, each developing out of the prior one |
| point-of-view | vantage point |
| profound | deeply intellectual |
| rapacious | greedy |
| regression | the return to a less developed condition |
| resolution | conflicts resolved/loose ends tied up |
| rising action | events that make the character's problems even worse |
| sagacity | intelligence and good judgment |
| shrew | a mean, nagging woman |
| static character | one who does not change much during the course of a work |
| suavity | smooth manner |
| subplots | minor plot that relates in some way to the main story |
| symbolism | something that has a meaning in itself yet represents something else |
| tangible | capable of being seen and felt |
| theme | main idea in a work of literature |
| vexed | disturbed |
| waned | gradually drew to a close |
| xenos | stanger |
| irony | a contrast between expectation and reality |
